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Japan U-20

Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Coach(es)	Keisuke Sawaki
Team kit
First international
Japan 17–53 France (6 June 2008)
Largest win
Japan 105–20 Hong Kong (2 July 2024)
Largest defeat
New Zealand 75–0 Japan (3 May 2015)
World Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 2008)
Best result	15th, 2008 & 2009

The Japan national under-20 rugby union team is Japan's junior national team in rugby union.

Japan won the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy in 2014, beating Tonga in the final 35–10. This qualified them for the 2015 IRB Junior World Championship in Italy. The team also competed at the Oceania U20 Championship in 2015.

Players

Recent squad

This is the squad for the 2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy.

Award winners

The following Japan U20s players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2008:

Management

• Keisuke Sawaki - Head Coach
• Shingo Mishima - Team Manager
• Saturo Endo - Assistant Coach
• Takayuki Kawasaki - Team Doctor
• Satoshi Tashiro - Trainer
• Yusuke Sakai - Strength & Conditioning
• Hideaki Noguchi - Performance Analyst

Tournament record

2012 Junior World Rugby Trophy

Pool

•  Japan 39 - 36 Zimbabwe 
•  Japan 38 - 35 Canada 
•  Japan 36 - 29 Georgia 

Final

•  United States 37 - 33 Japan 

See also

• Japan national rugby union team
• Japan national rugby sevens team

References

1. IRB (19 April 2014). "Japan win Junior World Rugby Trophy". Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
2. "International Rugby Board". Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
3. "Awards Roll of Honour - World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

External links

• Japan RFU Official Site (English)

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